split up
[verb]
Synonyms: separate, break up, divorce, part

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split up phrasal verb (see also split)

1. if people split up, or if someone splits them up, they end a marriage or relationship with each other:
Steve’s parents split up when he was four.
split up with
I thought she’d split up with her boyfriend.
split somebody ↔ up
Why would she try to split us up?

2. to divide people into different groups, or to be divided into groups:
Please don’t split up when we get to the museum.
split something/somebody ↔ up
The teacher split up the class into three groups.

3. split something ↔ up to divide something into different parts
split something ↔ up into
The house has now been split up into individual flats.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

split up
to separate two or more people (from one another); two people in a relationship decide to end their relationship
The teacher had to split the two boys up because they were fighting.

They seemed like a nice couple but they suddenly decided to split up last month.

My sister's daughter and her boyfriend decided to split up after being together for seven years.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

split up
v. phr.
1. To separate; get a divorce.
After three years of marriage, the unhappy couple finally split up.
2. To separate something; divide into portions.
The brothers split up their father's fortune among themselves after his death.

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split up
n. A separation or division into two or many smaller parts.
The split-up of our company was due to the founder's untimely death.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

split someone up
to separate two or more people (from one another); two people in a relationship decide to end their relationship
The teacher had to split the two boys up because they were fighting.

They seemed like a nice couple but they suddenly decided to split up last month.

My sister's daughter and her boyfriend decided to split up after being together for seven years.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲